Democratic Republic of the Congo vs World: Temperature change

Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.17 °C
in 2025
World
1.88 °C
in 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
13th
World rank
12th

Temperature change over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • World
-0.500.511.52196119932025

How they compare

World currently reports 1.88 °C against 1.17 °C in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 0.71 °C.

That makes World's figure about 1.6 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was World ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 13th and World ranks 12th of 22 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic Republic of the Congo averaged higher in 1 and World in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo World Difference Ahead
1960s -0.0709 °C -0.0247 °C 0.0462 °C World
1970s 0.0936 °C 0.0145 °C 0.0791 °C Democratic Republic of the Congo
1980s 0.2005 °C 0.2954 °C 0.0949 °C World
1990s 0.226 °C 0.5785 °C 0.3525 °C World
2000s 0.6825 °C 0.9596 °C 0.2771 °C World
2010s 0.932 °C 1.25 °C 0.3191 °C World
2020s 1.32 °C 1.71 °C 0.3905 °C World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher temperature change, Democratic Republic of the Congo or World?
World, at 1.88 °C against 1.17 °C in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2025.
What is the difference in temperature change between Democratic Republic of the Congo and World?
0.71 °C, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and World?
65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and World rank globally for temperature change?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 13th and World ranks 12th of 22 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Temperature change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Temperature change
Unit
°C
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
288 places, 16,949 data points, 1961–2025
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The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).